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news, the way you like itThu, 29 Nov 2018 02:48:12 +0000en-UShourly1Rabbi hopes to lead by examplehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newsbytes-stories/~3/6UZYx7OolQo/
http://newsbytes.com.au/2018/11/rabbi-hopes-to-lead-by-example/#respondThu, 29 Nov 2018 02:48:12 +0000http://newsbytes.com.au/?p=6053Australia’s first female senior rabbi says her appointment to the high position can be of benefit to both young women and men of the Jewish faith.

Rabbi Nicole Roberts will lead the North Shore Temple Emanuel (NSTE) in Chatswood where she has already served for six years and has helped create programs such as “Teen Torah Tag Team”, a service created for students to continue in congregational life after they have completed their B’Mitzvah.

The American-born rabbi said the North Shore Temple community had become a second family to her and her husband David since they arrived in Australia.

“We knew we’d found a place where magic happens,” Rabbi Roberts said.

“I am grateful for the opportunity to love and lead our Temple family into the future.”

Rabbi Nicole moved to Nashville when she was 18 where she majored in Anthropology.

In Nashville she began a year-round food drive at her congregation called You Can Help.

“A rabbi at the synagogue in Nashville where I was a member gave a Yom Kippur sermon about hunger in the city, so my husband and I decided to do something about it,” Rabbi Nicole explained.

“We came up with a really simple plan, the rabbi supported our initiative, and many congregants contributed. In a matter of 2-3 years, we raised and delivered over 6,000 cans of food for the local food bank.”

When asked how her appoint as senior rabbi could benefit Judaism in Australia, Rabbi Nicole said the outcome could be positive for both women and men.

“I think it helps young Jewish women realise that they can be Jewish leaders too, as well as for young men to see women as leaders in all walks of life,” she said.

Rabbi Nicole leads a reform synagogue, part of Reform (or liberal) Judaism which emphasises the evolving nature of Judaism and stresses the superiority of ethical over ceremonial aspects.

TPG spokesperson Jacqueline Crompton said there were problems with alternative sites suggested by Dundas St residents. These included TPG not being given access to the poles by electricity company Ausgrid, the structural stability of alternative poles or the lack of mobile coverage.

“Another suggestion was that we use the poles around the cemetery,” Ms Crompton said.

“Unfortunately that location is about 280 meters southwest of the site that we’ve proposed. These are small cells, they’ve got very small coverage areas. By relocating that far away we’re actually failing to deliver a service to the area we are trying to deliver a service to. About 50 per cent of the coverage would be lost.”

Local councillor Philippa Veitch said a major issue for residents was consultation.

“Ultimately it comes down to the right of the residents, who are also consumers of your technology, to have a say,” Cr Veitch said.

“I am putting it to you that you are erecting on the existing infrastructure because it precludes you from having to go through a DA process which would allow much more robust input from the local community and council.” Ms Crompton strongly disagreed.

The issue of greatest concern to residents was the possible danger of electromagnetic fields.

Independent consultant to TPG Dr Vitas Anderson debated with residents the studies on safe exposure levels both in Australia and overseas.

Dr Anderson, an engineer and biophysicist specialising in the research and management of human exposure to electromagnetic fields, told Newsbytes the expectation of ill-effects from base stations could potentially lead to people suffering from related symptoms.

“(There are) people who develop phobias. It’s almost in a way creating the disease,” Dr Anderson said.

“There’s a thing called the nocebo affect, it’s the opposite to a placebo (where) the expectation of something harmful actually induces real physical symptoms. So these people do actually suffer but it’s not related to the exposure, its an anxiety response.

“My number one message would be: trust the regulators and the scientific bodies that have been set-up to look at this, because they’re good. They do a very thorough review of the literature, it’s very considered.”

]]>http://newsbytes.com.au/2018/10/doctor-slams-telco-on-base-station-risks/feed/0http://newsbytes.com.au/2018/10/doctor-slams-telco-on-base-station-risks/Council to report on base station health concernshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newsbytes-stories/~3/UpWaP86Nqtg/
http://newsbytes.com.au/2018/10/council-to-report-on-base-station-health-concerns/#respondWed, 17 Oct 2018 01:18:23 +0000http://newsbytes.com.au/?p=6021Sutherland Shire Council may be powerless to act in the interest of residents over the installation of small cell mobile phone base stations (MPBS) in residential areas.

At Monday night’s council meeting Councillor Kent Johns said concerned residents had petitioned him on potential health risks associated with MPBS installations.

State planning law classifies the installation of MPBS on existing infrastructure (telegraph and power poles) as exempt development, making the council’s development approval function void. The council will have to work with the state and federal bodies responsible to address residents’ concerns.

Cr Johns said people’s main concern was the cells’ proximity to schools and childcare centres. They criticised carriers for not giving due thought to the health of residents or visual impacts.

The council unanimously carried a motion moved by Cr Johns that they report on how best to serve residents over installation of small cell base stations in residential areas and that former policies be reviewed.

This comes a little over a year after Gymea Bay residents petitioned the council, state government, Communications Minister Mitch Fifield and their local MP Scott Morrison – now the prime minister – to oppose a proposed MPBS to be built on Ellesmere Road.

The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency’s (ARPANSA) website states: “No adverse health effects are expected from continuous exposure to the RF EME emitted by the antennas on mobile phone base stations.”

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s proposal for a national day to celebrate indigenous peoples, culture and heritage has drawn a mixed response from politicians and the public.

Members of Parliament have already lined up on different sides on the issue.

Special envoy for indigenous affairs and former prime minister Tony Abbott disagreed with the proposal while Liberal frontbencher and Aboriginal Australian Ken Wyatt supported the concept.

Mixed public attitudes were reflected in a Newsbytes poll in Sydney, where we asked people what they thought of the idea.

One Sydney woman, June Jeffery, welcomed the idea as an alternative if Australia Day couldn’t be changed.

“I don’t agree with Australia Day as is, but this is a good alternative if we can’t change the date,” she said.

Gerard Baz said “On the surface it sounds like it mightn’t be a bad idea,” while some respondents turned the issue to Australia Day itself.

“Australia Day should be abolished,” said Zac Seidle.

“Any day that’s causing problems for any population I think should be discussed,” he said.

Alternatively, Janelle Holland supported the continuance of Australia Day: “I love Australia Day, I think it’s one of the best days in the calendar… we celebrate Australia of today. So, I would not like to lose that day.”

A recurring issue raised by our respondents was whether Aboriginals had been consulted about the concept.

Sally Anne Louw said: “If the Indigenous Australians feel it’s important then one has to do the right thing by them.”

“I would like to ask the Aboriginal Australians how they feel about that. Do they want a day that is their day?” asked Ms Holland.

The same could be asked of the Byron Shire Council before they decided to move their citizenship ceremonies to 25th January next year which led to Mr Morrison stripping the council of its ceremonial privileges and his Indigenous day proposal.

A spokeswoman for The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Aboriginal Corporation (Arakwal) said: “We were consulted very, very briefly… but the board hasn’t met since the announcement… It has nothing to do with the Arakwal people.”

The corporation is expected to discuss the council’s decision this Saturday during a scheduled board meeting, the spokeswoman said.

Mr Morrison has accused Byron Council of indulging in self-loathing, telling Channel Seven’s Sunrise: “We don’t have to pull Australia Day down to actually recognise the achievements of indigenous Australians.”

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http://newsbytes.com.au/2018/10/street-poll-trust-in-media-at-all-time-low/#respondMon, 08 Oct 2018 07:25:39 +0000http://newsbytes.com.au/?p=6005Trust in the news media is falling, with fewer than one-third of Australians saying they trust the media.

Mexicans, Canadians and Indonesians all have more trust in the media then Australians, according to an international study by the Edelman Group.

The Edelman Trust Barometer revealed that the trust Australians have in the media is at a record low of 31 percent, with only Turkey scoring lower at 30 percent.

It wasn’t all bad news however with the survey finding that trust in journalism was up 5 percent worldwide and that journalism was much more trusted then platforms such as social media and “influencers”.

In Australia fake news was a big cause in the falling trust of media in general which in turn led to a surge in trust for the more traditional news media outlets, which rose in trust from 46 percent in 2017 to 61 percent in 2018.

The findings were reflected in a Newsbytes poll in Sydney, where we asked people how much they trusted the media and finding out their habits of digesting news.

“(I trust the media) minimally,” said Zac Seidler, a psychologist working in Sydney who still reads a daily (physical) newspaper.

“I think over time its become more and more problematic, the amount of saturation that we’re reading makes it difficult to discern what is truth and what is just opinion,” Mr Seidler continued.

“(If I read it in a newspaper) I trust it a bit more because I know there are editors involved, whereas if I read it on Facebook or Buzzfeed… I’m not 100 percent sure of the validity of it.”

Susannah Smith echoed the results of the survey saying that while she didn’t trust the media as a whole, she did have more faith on what was reported by traditional news media.

“News media has to be a bit more rigorous in what they can publish,” Ms Smith said.

“Obviously they are liable for any … legal follow on that might happen, so I tend to trust them more.”

The Edelman survey found when they asked respondents to assume what was meant by the phrase “media in general”, 48 percent replied with the term “social”.

Tom Averill told Newsbytes that he thought the two were more indistinguishable then ever before.

“I think the lines between the two of them (traditional media vs social media) are much more blurred then they ever have been before,” said Mr Averill.

“Traditionally I would trust something more that I read in a newspaper then I would on social media.”

ABC News Brisbane chief-of-staff Anne Kruger, who is doing PhD research on ‘fake news’, told Newsbytes that Australia does have the potential to be exposed to fake news, given the volatile political situation where leadership spills have become the norm.

“However, we are somewhat protected geographically – we’re not the big global economic influencers like the US and UK,” she said.

“From my research, I’ve found there is an ‘interest’ from Asia to pick up on sensational and fake news stories from Australia – even when our own domestic media debunk or ignore the stories”.

She said that what should be of more concern for Australians was poor quality journalism.

“Australians do respond to ‘known’ good quality news brands – the ABC being the most trusted, with websites like ‘Junkee’ among the most least trusted when it comes to news,” she said.

“This actually gives hope, that Australians are appreciative of quality journalism – the issue is to make sure it is always easily available for everyone to access whether in the city or country.”

Looking into the future, Ms Kruger says that media literacy should be added to school curricula and should also be taught to older generations who haven’t been raised in the current environment of social media, smartphones and the 24-hour news cycle.

“It would be good to have units of this (news literacy) taught as part of school curriculum, and also for it to be taught to older generations who haven’t had as much experience with computers,” Ms Kruger said.

“Quality media companies like the ABC should be going to community groups and giving talks along this line.

“Accessing good quality sites needs to be built in as an easy-to-access – almost ‘stumble upon’ automatic habit. That’s something for the digital designers to keep considering too.”

By night she is an artist in the music industry (as well as a performing artist, music producer and sound engineer) with her own company, working on her music as well as producing other artists’ work.

“I’ve always loved music, I even wrote my own song at the age of 12, but it wasn’t until I had a dream at 17 that made me pursue it professionally,” Lana says of what made her turn her passion into a career.

A self-starter, she has balanced her career in security with work in the music industry.

Scouting locations for filming music videos, writing songs for herself and others as well as marketing and promoting her music has seen Lana travel Australia and the world.

“I’ve travelled to LA, the UK, New Zealand and all over Sydney to record and (produce music),” Lana says of her travels.

“(I) have collaborated with artists and producers from all over the world – from Canada to the US, to New Zealand, to the Netherlands, to the UK, to Germany just to name a few.”

Lana has released three mixtapes as well as a range of one off singles. Much of her music is socially conscious, dealing with issues that have an impact on today’s society.

“She Don’t Need Nobody”, released in 2016, deals with the issue of young women’s body image.

“I wrote ‘She Don’t Need Nobody’ for women’s empowerment,” Lana says of the track. “Today’s society is so fixated on image and young girls and women are having self-image issues more than ever. It’s a song meant to encourage independence and empowerment.”

Lana says there are many great women that the younger generation can look up to when she raps, “Be leaders like Joan of Arc, stand your ground like Rosa Parks, aim sky high like Amelia Earhart.”

Lana – ‘be leaders, stand your ground’

Most people who know Lana agree she has a look that captures people’s attention. Be it her hair which has at various times been short and colourful to now mid-length and blonde, to the tattoos that adorn her body, she has a presence on stage and on camera.

“I have a music cuff on my wrist. It’s sheet music wrapped around my wrist with the words ‘born lyrical’ on it,” Lana says of the tattoo on her wrist.

It’s the ink on her back however that draws the most attention – a large, double headed Russian eagle that represents her cultural heritage.

Lana now works on projects for her clients while Dropbox’s security training specialist – a role that requires her to work at all hours of the day and night to fit in with the international offices.

She is also working on two projects of her own, one an EP and the other an album to be released early next year.

]]>http://newsbytes.com.au/2018/07/lana-lyric-a-look-that-captures-attention/feed/0http://newsbytes.com.au/2018/07/lana-lyric-a-look-that-captures-attention/Dr Feelgood drummer Kevin Morris is an emotional rockhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newsbytes-stories/~3/oo9GakfbaEE/
http://newsbytes.com.au/2018/07/dr-feelgood-drummer-kevin-morris-is-an-emotional-rock/#respondFri, 20 Jul 2018 07:22:54 +0000http://newsbytes.com.au/?p=5988At 63, Dr Feelgood’s leader Kevin Morris still tries to thrash the drums as hard as he did when he joined the band in 1983. He seems reluctant to pass the torch to a generation either unwilling or unfit to wrest it from him.

“We carry on touring because we all love it,” he told me in his calmly precise English accent. “I think it’s a huge privilege to be paid to travel the world and play music.”

Speaking to Morris in London by phone before the band’s May Milk and Alcohol tour of Australia I was as surprised to hear him talking about the warm and pleasant London weather as to discern the relaxed manner of the leader of a band known for its direct and aggressive style.

Among Dr Feelgood’s oeuvre are the hits Roxette, Hey Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut, and She Does it Right. Yet the tall, carefully spoken Morris started his career as a 17-year-old with the soul band Sam and Dave.

His first tour was Sam and Dave, when he said he “learnt an awful lot”.

“I learnt about dynamics and also how to put a show together. Sam Moore was a fantastic singer and they were a great act. It was a baptism of fire.”

A student of music, Morris and the band have covered seminal blues artists Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and The Coasters as a balance to their naturally direct and aggressive sound.

“Our music is rooted in blues and many of the songs that we play that we haven’t written are old blues songs that we tend to play a bit faster. As you say it’s quite aggressive, but it’s really a rocky rhythm and blues,” Morris said.

Dr Feelgood’s current line-up has been remarkably stable – they’ve been together for 20 years, something Morris says “is an all-time record for us … – we’re all a bit older now so people aren’t quite so tetchy and hot-headed.”

Morris is solid, an emotional rock, so this stability is likely due as much to his influence as to their age.

Speaking of age, remaining relevant in an industry dominated by the churn of electronic hits does not faze Morris.

“We attract quite a mixed crowd. There are people who have followed the group forever and they’re very easy to spot because they have grey hair. But we still get the youngsters as well.” These have been “introduced to the group by an older brother or sister or even their parents”.

Asked if there is an obvious successor to Dr Feelgood, Morris was unconvinced there were any bands knocking down the door. But he did offer this: “It’s all about attitude. It’s about the attitude of going out there with a couple of amplifiers and a drum kit and giving it some stick.”

It sounds so simple, but that’s their way. My money is on them touring for many years to come – as long as Morris remains the driving force from the drum kit.

They expressed their worries to Newsbytes about unknown dangers from a new type of device – small cell base stations – being installed in the Sydney eastern suburb of Kingsford by telecommunications company TPG to enhance mobile phone signals.

Residents are concerned at possible health risks – especially to children – from long term exposure to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF). But the local council says it is powerless to stop the roll-out.

‘Why put it next to houses?’

Chris Frazis told Newsbytes TPG had informed residents the further away a person was from a small cell base station, the less of an impact radiation had on people’s health.

“So why put it right next to houses?” Mr Frazis asked. “They have all this open space here (in the adjacent golf course) and yet they’re putting it right next to houses.”

While telcos such as Telstra and Optus currently use larger, high-powered cell towers to broadcast their signals over long distances, small cell base stations are placed much closer together than traditional cell towers so that signals can be passed from one base station to the next to improve mobile phone signals.

Their small size allows small cell antennas to be placed on street lights, utility poles and the sides of buildings.

Mr Frazis contacted TPG to object to the base station installation. “The core of the email was: we are happy with our telecommunication services as they are. We don’t need what you’re providing. So why are you imposing it on us?”

Sylvia Profilio, who lives directly in front of the pole in Winburn Ave being used by TPG for the small cell base station, said she was surprised that work began without notice.

No warning

When workers first arrived on her street she questioned them about where they were from.

The small cell base station installed on the corner of Winburn Ave and Tunstall Ave, Kingsford

“They didn’t have any indication of where they were from,” Ms Profilio told Newsbytes. “When I said, ‘Do you mean you’re from Telstra?’ he said, ‘Oh something like Telstra’.”

Ms Profilio said digging for the base stations was completed before the letters from TPG were dropped in residents’ letterboxes.

Paul Sampson, who lives directly opposite the first small cell station installed in the street said he was concerned with both the installation process as well as the potential health impacts of long term exposure to RF-EMF.

“From my point of view this is our home. If I had a choice, I’d prefer it not to be there,” Mr Sampson said.

“I can live without my cellular signal being quite so strong”.

Concerned resident Peita-Maree Pyne told last month’s meeting of Randwick City Council that residents were sceptical of having the small cell base station in their street even though the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) said no health effects could be attributed to low RF-EMF exposure from mobile phone base station antennas.

‘Other countries more cautious’

She questioned the results of the research saying, “The reality is the funding of a lot of these different organisations (such as ARPANSA) is funded by the telcos.”

Mrs Pyne said many countries had begun to take a more precautionary approach to the base stations.

“Countries such as Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Russia, China, Belgium and many more are applying the precautionary principle to reduce the risk to the community – especially children,” she said.

Mrs Pyne said adverse health effects on the community, especially children, were being noticed in those countries at much lower levels of exposure than current international guidelines.

“The other concern is this is going on based on 4G capacity,” she said.

“When 5G comes out the radiations are going to increase even further and as TPG’s network continues to increase … they can’t control the amount of radiation that residents are going to get exposed to. It may not be what they’re saying it is at this point in time.”

Local councillor Philipa Veitch told Newsbytes councils were hamstrung in their ability to act on the matter. Cr Veitch has met concerned residents of Winburn Ave.

‘Extremely frustrating’ – councillor

“People are rightfully concerned about the potential adverse health effects posed by RF EME by facilities installed close to their homes,” she said.

Cr Philipa Veitch … “people are rightly concerned”

“Local councils have limited power under the relevant acts to stop new towers and small cell facilities from being rolled out, which is extremely frustrating.”

As base stations are being installed on exisiting infrastructure and have “low visual impact” they are considered exempt developments, not requiring a development application.

“In response to strong community concern, I am submitting a motion to the 2018 Local Government NSW annual conference, seeking representation for local councils on the ARPANSA EME reference group, so residents can have more input on emissions and the placement of these facilities,” she said.

In a statement to Newsbytes, a TPG spokesperson said: “TPG ensures there is sufficient consultation by following the processes set out in a mandatory industry code called the Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Code. We make sure the community is notified by putting up notices at the proposed site and doing letter drops to nearby residents.

“Safety in this area is tightly regulated, and TPG has to, and do, operate within standards and limits set by government authorities. We make sure that we enhance service and connectivity for the community in a way that is safe and lawful.”

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http://newsbytes.com.au/2018/07/action-urged-on-radiation-risks/#respondWed, 18 Jul 2018 06:32:27 +0000http://newsbytes.com.au/?p=5952Worried Kingsford residents have turned to Randwick City Council for help after telecommunications company TPG began installing small cell base stations near homes and schools.

They object to a lack of community consultation from the telco as well as the possible adverse health impacts – especially on children – of long term exposure to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF).

Concerned Winburn Ave resident Paul Sampson said he was concerned with both the installation process and the potential health impacts of long term exposure to RF-EMF.

Mr Sampson, who lives directly opposite the first small cell station that has been installed on Winburn Ave, questions the need for the station.

“From my point of view this is our home. If I had a choice, I’d prefer it not to be there,” Mr Sampson said.

“I can live without my cellular signal being quite so strong.”

Telcos such as Telstra and Optus currently use larger, high-powered cell towers to broadcast their signals over long distances. These cell towers are generally placed away from homes and schools.

Small cell base stations are placed much closer together than traditional cell towers and can be put on street lights, utility poles and the sides of buildings.

Winburn Ave resident Peita-Maree Pyne said many countries around the world had begun to take a more careful approach to the base stations.

“Countries such as Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Russia, China, Belgium and many more are applying the precautionary principle to reduce the risk to the community – especially children,” Ms Pyne told the council at their meeting last month.

“When 5G comes out the radiations are going to increase even further and as TPG’s network continues to increase… they can’t control the amount of radiation that residents are going to get exposed to.”

The council resolved to submit a motion to the Local Government NSW annual conference calling for representation on the Electromagnetic Energy Reference Group “to advocate for local communities on issues relating EME and human health”.

A TPG spokesperson issued a statement that “safety in this area is tightly regulated, and TPG has to, and do, operate within standards and limits set by government authorities. We make sure that we enhance service and connectivity for the community in a way that is safe and lawful”.

]]>http://newsbytes.com.au/2018/07/action-urged-on-radiation-risks/feed/0http://newsbytes.com.au/2018/07/action-urged-on-radiation-risks/Protestors demand end to live sheep tradehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newsbytes-stories/~3/7bZXRh4Zq7c/
http://newsbytes.com.au/2018/06/protestors-demand-end-to-live-sheep-trade/#respondTue, 19 Jun 2018 21:52:31 +0000http://newsbytes.com.au/?p=5939About 500 protestors gathered at Sydney Town Hall last week to call for a ban to the live export industry.

The protestors braved wet weather to demand immediate action by the federal government to end live exports.

The rally was held by the Animal Justice Party NSW in response to government reactions to TV footage of sheep being transported from Australia to the Middle East suffering extreme heat stress.

Mark Pearson MLC of the Animal Justice Party told the crowd that, “the live export trade doesn’t deserve a social licence to exist” and that the trade couldn’t be saved, “either by government or industry.”

Mr Pearson said there had been a change in the public’s views on live exports which was having an effect on politicians.

“We are now at a point in the next two elections both in NSW and federally (that) the issue of animal protection and live export will be very much in the pot of all the issues they have to think about,” Mr Pearson said.

“Even if a member of parliament doesn’t care at all about animals, they’ll care about their seat. And we have to make the seat dependent upon what they are going to do about this disgusting brutal trade. They have to act.”

Media officer for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Emma Hurst said politicians were trying to divert from the issue.

“Even now politicians like Turnbull are attempting to sweep it under the rug yet again,” she said.

“After every single high profile incident politicians have expressed concern and then taken no meaningful action at all.

“Some politicians hope that they can weather the news cycle and then it will be back to business as usual. We are hear today to say that that’s not good enough.”

She said the tide was turning on the conservative side of politics.

“From conservative politicians like Liberal MP Sussan Ley… to Derryn Hinch, people from all political persuasions are pushing for an end to this cruelty.”

Mr Pearson also took aim at Agriculture Minister David Littleproud: “If (he) does not get this industry stuck down… then we will have to have a campaign to export Minister Littleproud and keep animals here under our care.”

The uproar over the live export trade has been ongoing since 2011, with the industry banned by then Prime Minister Julia Gillard when footage emerged of the cruelty Australian cattle suffered in Indonesian abattoirs.

Asked for a response to the protest, Mr Littleproud’s office released a statement from the minister: “I adopted all 23 recommendations of the McCarthy review including giving sheep up to 39% more space.